On the record
It is a policy that has very much the complexion of a fraud.
Said by
Edmund Burke
Source
gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It is a policy that has very much the complexion of a fraud.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke critiques a certain policy, suggesting it resembles fraudulent behavior.
Share
More from Edmund Burke
Jan 1, 1790
By adhering in this manner and on those principles to our forefathers, we are guided, not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic analogy.
Jan 1, 1790
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Jan 1, 1790
This is the spirit of our Constitution, not only in its settled course, but in all its revolutions.
Other voices in this conversation
